Recall - Million Dollar Baby Dressers Recalled by Bexco Due to Tip-Over Hazards; Two Toddler Deaths Reported
Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise
instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled
consumer product.
Recall date: January 30, 2013
Recall number: 13-106
Recall Summary
Name of product:
Million Dollar Baby Dressers
Hazard:
If a young child climbs up open dresser drawers, the dresser can tip over and pose the risk of entrapment.
Consumer Contact:
Visit the firm’s website at
www.themdbfamily.com/safety2 and click on Safety HQ or call toll-free at (888) 673-6652 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday
Report an Incident Involving this Product
Recall Details
Description
WASHINGTON, D.C.
–
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with
Bexco Enterprises Inc., dba Million Dollar Baby of Montebello, Calif. is
announcing a voluntary recall of 18,000 children’s four-drawer
dressers. When a young child climbs up on open dresser drawers, the
dresser becomes unstable and poses the risk of tip over and entrapment.
CPSC and Million Dollar Baby have received two reports of deaths
associated with these dressers. An 11-month-old boy from Tulsa, Okla.
and a 20-month-old girl from Camarillo, Calif. were reported to have
suffocated when their dressers tipped over, entrapping them between the
dresser and the floor. The cause of the deaths has not been determined.
This voluntary recall involves “Emily” style four-drawer
dressers with model numbers M4712, M4722, M4732 and M4742 and similar
“Ryan” dressers with the model M4733. The dressers were sold in five
finishes: Cherry, Ebony, Espresso, Honey Oak and White. The model
number, “Million Dollar Baby” and “MADE IN TAIWAN” are printed on a
label located on the back of the dresser. The recalled dresser measures
33-inches high by 20-inches deep by 40-inches wide and is a part of the
DaVinci children’s bedroom furniture collection. The dressers are made
from pine and wood composite.
The recalled dressers were sold at JCPenney and
independent juvenile specialty stores nationwide and online at
Amazon.com, BabiesRUs.com, BabyUniverse.com and other online retailers
from January 2006 through June 2010 for between $230 and $300.
The Million Dollar Baby dressers met applicable voluntary standards
when first produced, but a May 2009 voluntary industry standard, and
subsequent revisions published in October 2009 and November 2009,
requires that tip-over restraints be sold with the dressers. The
restraints attach to a wall, framing or other support to help prevent
dresser tip-over entrapment hazards to young children. Million Dollar
Baby is offering free retrofit kits with tip-over restraints to
consumers who have older dressers. Included in the kit is an adhesive
warning label that consumers are to attach to the dresser, which
describes how to prevent tip-over injuries.
The dressers were manufactured in Taiwan and the USA.
Consumers should immediately stop using and keep the
dresser out of a child’s reach. Consumers can contact Million Dollar
Baby to receive a free retrofit kit that contains a wall anchor strap,
which attaches to the dresser and wall to help prevent the dresser from
tipping. The kits can be ordered by visiting the firm’s website at
www.themdbfamily.com/safety2 and click on Safety HQ or call toll-free at (888) 673-6652 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday.
Source: http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2013/Million-Dollar-Baby-Dressers-Recalled-by-Bexco-Due-to-Tip-Over-Hazards-Two-Toddler-Deaths-Reported/